TECHdotMN: News about Minnesota Startups

Create. Launch. Repeat. Startup Weekend Twin Cities Returns!

September 21, 2010 | by Jeff Pesek Comments

In alignment with Kauffman’s Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010, Minnesota will join the list of 30+ parallel Startup Weekend events happening  around the world this fall. From Friday November 19 through Sunday the 21, teams of local developers, marketers, designers, and entrepreneurs will get together to pitch, vet, build and demo new products over a single weekend.

Hot off Minnesota’s first Startup Weekend, organizer and COO Shane Reiser said “…the energy, feedback and outcome was so positive that this place is ready for more.” By the numbers, 100 registered for the last weekends hackathon at CoCo MSP and between 80-90 people came out for the initial pitch night on Friday.  In the end,  around 60-70 startup enthusiasts spontaneously collaborated across 13 unique teams. A review of John Sheehan/Twilio’s interview library provides a great sense of what Startup Weekend was like for those who participated.

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Speakers, panelists, participants and prizes rolling in for Startup Weekend Twin Cities

August 16, 2010 | by Jeff Pesek Comments

A few weeks ago we shared the exciting news that Startup Weekend is coming to the Twin Cities over the weekend of September 18.  This 54 hour hackfest will bring together 50-100 startup enthusiasts at CoCo MSP to create and launch real products in a fun, fast and collaborative environment. Registration for the event is growing daily and early bird tickets are available here until September 1st.

We checked in with organizer Shane Reiser earlier this morning to find out how things are moving along — starting with the speaker lineup:

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Mark your calendars! Startup Weekend is coming to the Twin Cities

July 30, 2010 | by Mike Bollinger Comments

Startup Weekend is coming to the Twin Cities at CoCo MSP the weekend of September 18th, 2010 — starting Friday (17th) afternoon and ending  Sunday evening (19th). Get together in teams with local developers, marketers, designers, and entrepreneurs to vet, pitch, build, and demo new products over a single weekend.  Intense!

This weekend warriors’ event has happened in 100′s of cities across the globe from San Francisco to Athens, Greece.  It’s been covered in TechCrunch, the Washington Post , ABC News and beyond.

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